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THE WRONG ANSWER
The days of easy answers to the nation’s
problems are over, if indeed they ever existed.
Yet people are advocating a “no growth”
policy for industry as a simple solution to the
highly complex energy problem.
A brief “economic impact” analysis of this
proposal reveals a glaring flaw. A halt to
growth might be feasible if the U.S. popula
tion, and resultantly the work force, remained
stable. But this is not the case.
Here we come up against the proven close
correlation between energy use and Gross Na
tional Product per capita, which is a measure
of our standard of living. If one is cut back,
so is the other.
Right now moderate government projec
tions indicate that by the end of the century
about 40 million workers will be added to a
labor force currently numbering about 90 mil
lion. If the 1974 GNP was spread over the
work force in 2000, the decline in GNP per
worker would be about one third. Just to stay
even, then, industry must have enough energy
to generate about 40 million new jobs in the
next 25 years.
On another front, if we limit growth of
energy usage, what chance will we have of
getting new sewage treatment plants built, de
veloping rapid transit, or recycling trash?
The alternative? Carefully increasing our
industrial growth and energy usage, combined
with stepped-up development of new energy
forms, increased efficiency in energy use, and
greater production from existing resources.
It may not be easy and it may not be the
whole answer, but it would be a good start.
WAYLITE WINS
OLYMPIC ORDER
More than a quarter-million
pounds of Ecusta’s 30# Waylite
printing paper is on its way to Mon
treal for the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Joel W. Townsend, national sales
manager for field sales, predicted
that ultimate usage of Ecusta’s top
grade paper in conjunction with
the Summer Olympics might reach
1,500,000 pounds.
“It definitely should present a
prestigious image,” Townsend said
of the Waylite usage in Montreal.
The order was received through
the Ecusta Paper Division’s mer
chant in Montreal, Lauzier Little.
This recent photo of the Pis
gah Forest operations was
taken from the top of Elk Lodge
Mountain at Camp Straus. The
large open area at upper right
is the site of the secondary
water treatment lake and the
permanent sludge disposal
area.